- CBI seems to be on the verge of cracking a major passport racket in Goa. (H)

o Goa government accepts report on Mopa proposed airport, prepared by the Canada-based consultant International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It was accepted with some modification. (H)

o Police searching top Sporting player for drugs. Herald's Marcus Mergulhao writes that one of the victims of a police crackdown -- on Nigerians for drug abuse – was National Football League's golden boot winner Dudu Omagbhemi, who revealed his horror at being detained at the Vasco police station and searched for drugs. (H)

o Hotel and medical waste stacked in gunny bags are seen strewn all over the garbage dumpyard at Cuncolim. (H)

o OCTOBER 1 is voluntary blood donation day.

o Goa government calls an artisans meet on Oct 14 at 10.30 am to 1 pm at Estrela, Santa Cruz.

o PM to visit Goa on Oct 15. To inaugurate BITS-Zuarinagar.

o Coastal police plan watch on foreign trawlers. (NT)

o Apparel park to be set up at Verna. (NT)

o Cyberage to be launched on Oct 1 in Salcete. (NT)

o KA open air auditorium likely inaugural venue for IFFI.

o Goa police can now access instant info from other states. (NT)

o Mineral Foundation to provide job training to dropouts. (NT)

o Goa Housing Board calls for bids for its vacant units.

o Mapusa MLA blames councillors for incomplete projects. (NT)

o Panjim carves out space for 30 councillors against 14 now.

o Immoral trafficking or immoral policing -- headline in GT.

o Goa's spin doctors: Ayesha Barretto on DJs in the state. (GT)

NEWS FROM SUNAPARANT

o Mopa pas -- Mopa (porposed aiport) approved.

o Goyant sundarancho bhar. Beauty queens aplenty in Goa. Miss Goa event will be held on October 29.

Film festival to be held in Goa permanently
The 36th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa for the second consecutive time from November 24 to December 4, 2005. Goa, which is going to be the permanent venue for the festival, will attract over 3,000 Indian and foreign delegates and will screen around 200 films in the festival, said Afzal Amanullah, Director, Directorate of Film Festivals and Joint Secretary.

'My revenge against religious fanatics'
'I have always been interested in writing about injustice and people whose voices were silenced,' says Richard Zimler, author of the best-seller on the bloody Inquisition in Goa.

USS Chafee destroyer with a difference
An American anti-submarine helicopter, Seahawk, landing on INS Mysore during the second phase of `Malabar 05', an India-U.S. naval exercise in the Arabian Sea, off the Goa coast on Thursday.

Nepal school wins big The Telegraph
Nobel Academy, Kathmandu thrashed St Xavier's HS, Goa by half-a dozen goals while BSL High School, Bokaro had a convincing 4-0 victory on the 15th day of the Subroto Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium I New Delhi on Wednesday.

Raia snatch a point from Sporting Clube
Debutants Raia Sporting Club staged an impressive performance as they held Super Cup champs Sporting Clube de Goa to a goalless draw in an exciting GFA's Professional League exchange at Tilak stadium, Vasco today.

India-U.S. submarine warfare exercises begin
VASCO DA GAMA: The first phase of the India-U.S. naval exercise, Malabar 05, involving aircraft carriers of the two navies deployed in the Arabian Sea off the Goa coast, ended on Wednesday.

Single window clearance
The IT policy has been approved in the Indian state Goa which not only aims to attract IT industries to the state with a package of incentives but also set up...

JGF expresses concern at steps to convert Goa as tourism enclave
On the occasion of World Tourism Day, the Jagrut Goenkaranchi Fouz (JGF) expressed concern at repeated steps taken by the central and state governments to convert Goa as a tourism enclave on the west coast of the country in the name of Free Port, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Special Tourism Area (STA).

Dengue, leptospirosis outbreak due to garbage problem: Amonkar
The former health minister and the Pale MLA, Dr Suresh Amonkar said that the credibility of the Goa Medical College hospital is at stake as its reports on the death of Ms Gauri Falari, a 18-yr-old girl who died at the hospital on September 6, 2005, were changed on two occasions.

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CURRY AND A KING, QUERBIN LARRY MENDONCA: Carmo D'Cruz <cadcruz@msn.com> reports from Melbourne in Australia that he visited Larry Mendonca at the famous Rajah Sahib Tavern and Tandoori Grill, and he has "hit the Melbourne City Council for a Sixer". Just a few days ago he won his appeal to the Supreme Court and was exhonerated of any wrong doing and will be reimbursed the entire court costs and fines.

- Writes D'Cruz: "This is great news. Please (inform) everyone about it. I could'nt believe it until he showed me the news paper clippings and also heard his interview following the dismissal of charges on a popular radio station.

- "I hope the Goan Press gives Larry appropriate coverage of this great news and he is destined to get a good bounce back from this David vs Goliath episode."

- D'Cruz says visiting him at the Rajah Sahib was a "35-year old dream come true for me". For the last few years, he says, he visiting his web-site at www.rajahsahib.com.au "Going through the framed photos of Larry with his famous visitors took nearly three hours," says the US-based former IITian and engineering educator D'Cruz.

- "I must add that Larry Mendonca has displayed some of the characteristics of a true entrepreneur -- prolific promotional skills, pride in and profound knowledge of India's heritage, sticking to the knitting (food-service, Indian food), passion for curry and cricket, persistence against all odds, resilience from setbacks, risk-taking, etc. We need more Goans with those characteristics....," he says.

- Larry is also greeting press coverage for his grandfather John Mendonca (former ADC to His Highness Maharaja Shahaji of Kolhapur) who shot a Bengal Tiger in 1910 and saved the life of King George V, while he was on a pig-sticking expedition on his visit to India as Prince of Wales, according to D'Cruz.

HISTORY HOUR AT XCHR: Xavier Centre of Historical Research, the Jesuit-run research centre at Alto Porvorim announces its next history hour on the topic, Social Damage done by Goan language Controversy and the Conspiracy behind it by Ramnath G. Naik on Thursday, October 6, 2005. 5.30 pm Tel: 2417772; 2414971. Email delio@sancharnet.in

- Synopsis: The talk will focus on the ill-effects of the language controversy on every social sphere -- education, culture, race, communities, social interaction and its negative visible manifestation in politics, irrespective of any political party.

- Ramnath G. Naik, a Science graduate, works for a nationalized bank. He studied in Marathi medium up to the IV standard only. For the last 15 years he has contributed to various Marathi dailies and to a few English ones. His lead articles have questioned and challenged directly some stalwarts of Devanagari Konkani but he says that there was no response from them.

ANNOUNCING EVENTS IN GOA: Desmond Nazareth <desnaz@yahoo.com> tells us, "Just in case you have not encountered this information before and if you want to increase publicity for an event (lectures, performances, competitions, gigs, film screenings, etc.) you are involved with, consider posting it on the site.

- "It appears to me like a pretty good site. If you also find it useful, pass the word around, even if to people who are just interested in finding out what's up on a given day. Lots of us can benefit.

- "Goa needs something like this -- I find local newspapers pretty spotty about listing a comprehensive list of the day's events. I have no personal knowledge of who runs the site and no personal investment in making this recommendation, in case you were wondering!" Desmond is a film-maker based in Goa.

ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOURCES, EH? From Eddie Fernandes <eddie@fernandes.u-net.com> says, I did wonder if your source of the Goa Rurbanism item was the GVUK account but then I felt that if that was the case, you would surely have acknowledged it. I have just been thrown by coming across in your news bytes:

- Xacuti Financial Times, 28 Sep Excerpt: The most demanding... This is an exact reproduction of what I published in GVUK with the headline and link I made up!

- When you publish material you make often claim copyleft - material may be copied if the source is acknowledged and it is presented in its entirety. Do I not deserve equal? Eddie

- [Sincere apologies for not sourcing the item. We are just setting in a place a structure for volunteers to help us collaboratively compile Goanet News Bytes. While this is not a justification, we regret the error, and request all submitting news items to acknowledge the primary or secondary sources where these items come from with URLs where-ever possible. And yes, our news-compiling efforts do need a whole lot of volunteers, with innovative ideas of where to source Goa-related inputs from, to diversify the range of views we all read.]

NOTE FROM THE GULF: This comes from Robinson/Santana-Abu Dhabi and is addressed to the chief minister of Goa. It says, "We the undersigned Non-Resident Indians of Goan Origin call upon your kind attention to the anxiety and distress caused to the NRI community due to the Goa Government’s plan to construct an International Airport at Mopa in the extreme north of the State. We are sure that the Government has plans to develop Goa and make life better for Goans. But we believe that such plans should be executed on sustainable development basis of the developed areas and develop the underdeveloped areas as opposed to Destroy the developed and develop the underdeveloped. The current location of Goa’s only airport is not only conveniently located and equidistance from any extreme borders of Goa but well connected by road and is arms distance from the railway line. Moreover, this airport serves the NRIs communities of the border districts of the neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka as well...."

AFRICAN DIASPORA IN INDIA LINKS: Jean-Pierre Angenot <jpangenot@hotmail.com> recently circulated the regulations of the TADIA Society which has been registered in Bangalore on September 19 as a new Indian NGO. TADIA is The African Diaspora in India. Its governing body will be formed by John Kosta Siddi from Ankola, Karnataka (president), Farida Al Mumbrik Sidi from Bhavnagar, Gujarat (vice-president), Kiran Kamal Prasad from Bangalore (secretary), Krishna Tamasya Siddi from Yellapur, Karnataka (treasurer) and four members: Francis Guntipilly (Bangalore), Geralda de Lima Angenot (Goa), Jean-Pierre Angenot (Goa) and X Siddi yet to be selected next month (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh). It was decided that while the headquarters will be settled at Bangalore, there will be four regional offices: Goa, Bhavnagar, Yellapur and Hyderabad. Contact Angenot for details. Coordinators have been appointed for various tasks.

TELESCOPE FOR GOA: Blasco de Almeida <BdeALMEIDA@aol.com> and team are in the process of collecting money to buy a telescope for the Children Of Goa and others to use in their studies, etc. It will be mounted in the Goa Observatory at Panjim. It is an observatory run by amateurs. The cost of the telescope is $6500. They are requesting a Tax Deductible Donation of $50 or more, towards this worthy goal. Almeida writes, "All of us in the USA are well off, do we ever think of giving something back to our homeland?"

Ecoterrorism on Goan Beaches By Nandkumar Kamat
Summary: I have collected some sample tarballs from the Goa beaches for studies ... my conclusion is that this was not an usual oil spill or an accident. It is carefully planned ecoterrorist attack on Goan beaches to break the backbone of tourism industry this year ... This is an unprecedented attack to give a bad publicity to the famous beaches in Goa ... Only Goa's competitors stand to gain from tourist booking cancellations ... A few more ecoterrorist attacks, and then it is the end of Goan beach tourism.

QUERY ABOUT THE NET: Vincente Fernandes <vsferns@gmail.com> asks, "If one wants internet access for a month what is the best plan available in Goa. If 1 month plan is not available can that be used by anybody in Goa or can the unused plan mintues or offer give away to somebody? Can someone care to explain what are the Prepaid SIM Cell Phone offers available in Goa? Any link to any website will be highly appreciated."

Heat oil in a heavy skillet, add the 4 spices and cook over medium heat 5 to 10 minutes, until golden brown, stirring constantly. Add garlic and ginger and cook 2 minutes more, then cool. Put spice mix in a blender or food processor. Add nuts and water; grind to a smooth paste. Cover tightly and keep in a cool place for up to 1 month.

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